I'm not a fan of mysteries, so to prepare for this experience of writing a mystery I started reading the most successful ones in the market in 2012. And I realized I cannot write that kind of book. It's too gruesome, too violent, too dark; there's no redemption there.

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

Barrabas came to us by the sea.

What is truer than truth? Answer: the story.

I think that my life changed at 50. Many things happened. Menopause, the end of youth and my daughter died that year after being a whole year in a coma. So I think that I changed and I became an elder at 50.

Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other.

Aphrodite is about lust and gluttony - the only two sins worth committing, in my opinion.